You can bet many a Henderson County gal was following The Gleaner's advice
of September 30, 1920, and making a "lemon bleach: for her face.

After all, the handsome and debonair Franklin D. ROOSEVELT, Democratic
candidate for U.S. vice president and a member of one of the country's
most dynamic and prestigious families, was coming to Henderson.

The suggestion about the "lemon bleach" - said to "whiten
and double beauty of skin" - appeared only a few inches from an eight-column
announcement of ROOSEVELT'S impending visit.

With a photograph of the man who even then wore the small, rimless glasses
that gave him such an aristocratic air, The Gleaner ad promised "2
Big Democratic Speeches Saturday, October 2nd" at the local Grand
Theater at 1 p.m.

Scheduled to appear with FDR was Dave KINCHELOE, U.S.
representative from the second district.

Interestingly, the announcement said that "The Ladies are Especially
Invited."

Ladies or anyone else suffering a cold at that time and faced with the
prospect of being too sick to attend the VIP visit were urged by another
advertisement on that particular page to "Kill That Cold with Hill's
Bromide Cascara Quinine."

The medication was said to work wonders for coughs and colds as well
as "La Grippe." Neglected colds, the ad warned, "are dangerous."

That Gleaner page also noted the death of "highly respected citizen"
HenryKERR, who had been hit by an automobile. His passing
would make him one of the few leading townspeople to miss the FDR
speech here.